Yankees fans throw a fit — and balls — as team enters cellar; Aaron Boone vents in a better way

The last-place Yankees played poorly in their 8-2 home loss to the Rays on Friday night. Some of the 10,202 fans at Yankee Stadium behaved poorly in response.

A group of spectators caused a delay in the bottom of the eighth inning by tossing baseballs onto the outfield turf from the bleachers. (How did they get those balls into the park? Great question.)

New York manager Aaron Boone shook his head as he watched from the dugout.

“You kind of hate seeing that. Unfortunately a handful of people end up doing it and it looks bad for everyone,” Boone told reporters after the game, per MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch.

The fans threw fits and objects because the Yankees were falling to 5-8 on the year and into the AL East cellar. The Bombers committed three errors, allowed 11 hits, issued seven walks and hit a batter against the defending American League champions.

Boone held a team meeting postgame but kept what he said private as he met with reporters. New York outfielder Clint Frazier, however, filled in some blanks. He said the skipper was, um, “upset.”

“If you aren’t aware of how things are going, then we were made aware after the meeting,” Frazier said, per SNY.

“I think hearing it from him is a little bit different from hearing it from players sometimes,” Frazier added. “Because Boonie is one of the most . . . he’s one of the most positive guys behind the scenes for us. . . . I feel like he’s a person that he’s so chill that when he does address us the way that he does, everyone should listen because he’s not the kind of guy that really gets that upset.

“I think your ears perk up a little bit more whenever a guy that’s so chill expects so much out of you and we aren’t giving it the way that we can.”

Yankees DH/outfielder Giancarlo Stanton didn’t use as many words as Frazier, but he had the same view.

“[Boone] was obviously very upset, and rightfully so,” Stanton said, per MLB.com.

Frazier and Stanton’s words about the meeting won’t placate fans who want Boone fired for the bad start. At the very least, they want the manager to unleash a profane rant and insult the players while the recorders are rolling to show he cares.

But Boone is a baseball lifer who knows that acting like a fan won’t help. He took a professional approach Friday night.

“It’s got to be better,” Boone said of his team’s play.

There was no throwing of fits — or objects. The skipper was better than that.

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